Basic Information

GIS Data and Information

For Geographic Information System data regarding the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail, please visit the Resource Information Management page of the National Trails office website.

 

Physical Address

Trail sites are located across 2,580 miles and 5 states (in the U.S.) and thousands of miles in Mexico. The Trail is administered by the NPS office located at:

 

National Trails Office Regions 6, 7, & 8
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
1100 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Directions

You can visit many sites of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail over the 2,580-mile historic route that crosses 2 states, and travels into Mexico, to Mexico City.

Directions Details

Operating Hours & Seasons

All Park Hours

• Every Day:Open 24 hours

El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail is not a clearly marked hiking trail. Instead it is a route that passes through communities, urban areas, public lands, and Wilderness. The route travels across a variety of land ownerships and management, including private land. Each location varies as to the hours of operations and access. Please contact individual trail sites before your visit for more information.

Weather

Due to the length of El Camino de los Tejas National Historic Trail, be sure to consult local weather sources for the region you'll be visiting. Check out the forecast with the National Weather Service and search for the area you'd like to visit: www.weather.gov

National Weather Service

Fees & Passes

Entrance Fee-free

This site is fee-free year-round. No entrance fee or pass is required.

Internet & Cellular Access

Public WiFi is not available.

The El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail is a mixture of private, municipal, tribal, federal, and state lands that stretches for hundreds of miles. Services, including public WiFi and Cellular access, vary from location to location. Contact the individual Trail sites you are planning to visit to find out if internet and/or cell phone service is available.

Internet & Cellular Access Details

 

Photo/NPS

Trail Administration

El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail is administered by the National Park Service as a component of the National Trails System. The National Park Service administers the trail in partnership with El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Association, American Indian tribes, state, county, and municipal governmental agencies, private landowners, nonprofit heritage conservation groups, and many others. Trail sites are in private, municipal, tribal, federal, or state ownership. Please ask for permission before visiting any trail sites on private lands and check with public sites for visiting hours and regulations.

Protect the Trail

To foster trail preservation, do not use metal detectors, dig at sites, collect artifacts, or remove anything. Please respect these historic places.

 

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